16xe turbo

[Ron]

as above i have a 16xe and having thoughts of turboing it. i have a performance vx power box inlet manifold of ebay ment to be made with 7mm box section and 12mm end plate would it be stong enough at a max of 10psi boost or should i try and find a mantzel one :)

[shed-on-wheels]

use manzel mate alot better uality and before you think of running 10psi boost you need to think about comp ratios ect lol

[NOVA saloon]

It will be fine mate I blew 2 16xe's up trying to push too much boost lol around 8 psi and you should be fine wouldn't advise any more on standard internal as the rods are a week point and you will need manigment for more boost.

[General Baxter]

bah kids, 10psi at 800rpm for the win lol

[craig green]

The strength of the inlet shouldnt come into question, get a 2.5mm headgasket laser cut from stainless & sandwich it between 2 headgaskets do comp it, in JDM circles its called a blockguard. Use a rising rate FPR to fuel it on 7 or 8psi. Hardest part is sourcing a suitable manifold for a turbo. The rest is plumbing really. Budget on £1500 to do it well or less if you have pikey luck on your side.

Plenty of 1.6 turbo discussions on here in the depths of the search function however.

[craig green]

dbl post :roll:

[General Baxter]

Hardest part is sourcing a suitable manifold for a turbo. The rest is plumbing really. Budget on £1500 to do it well or less if you have pikey luck on your side.


does not the vxr turbo bolt on?

[Edd]

Yes it does but iirc you can't get a oil filter relocation kit in there that well

[Danb1987]

Speak to chambers1984 on here matey he built one for his mate and that's still ment to be running well...

The vxr turbo fits and the bloke on eBay selling the powerbox's will make one with the inlet on the opposite side...

[Ron]

going use vxr turbo if poss and stand alone mangment and low com pistons and rods instead of throttle bodies because sbd's kit 2 grand thought should be able to get reliable 180bhp turbo rather than 160 with throttle bodies

[NOVA saloon]

Ftw in my book

[comptoncj]

Well worth doing, you wont need to run much more than 6-7psi for it to spin first second and third, the great thing is you get loads of go from it and without the weight of a big block in the front they handle well too :)